Fountainhead Arts Announces 2025 Residency Artists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 14, 2024 - Miami, FL. Fountainhead announces its 2025 artist residency selections, a roster of 21 exceptional contemporary artists from around the world and working across various media. Selected artists will live and work onsite at the residency facility in Miami’s historic Morningside neighborhood for one month. The immersive residency program offers artists time and space to create work, be inspired by Miami, and nurture relationships and connections that can help artists thrive in their careers; fulfilling the organization’s mission to elevate artists’ voices and transform society through their work. During their time in residence, artists will connect one-on-one with renowned curators, collectors, and arts professionals and the Miami public at-large.
This year’s applications were thoughtfully reviewed by an esteemed panel of curators and program alum working across the nation, which included José Diaz, the Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art at the Seattle Art Museum; Naima J. Keith, Vice President of Education and Public Programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Joaquin Segura, a visual artist, Fountainhead alum and founding member of SOMA Arts; and Arden Sherman, a senior curator of contemporary art at the Norton Museum of Art.
Founded in 2008, Fountainhead has hosted over 550 artists from 49 different countries, and countless U.S. cities to date.
The 2025 artist residency roster includes:
Session 1: January 8 to February 5, 2024
Sponsored in part by Adriana and Ricardo Malfitano
Eduardo Basualdo (Argentina) | More information
Guillermo Garcia Cruz (Uruguay) | More information
Marcelo Moscheta (Brazil) | More information
Session 2: February 19 to March 19, 2025
Sponsored in part by Jane Wesman and Donald Savelson
Marcos Castro (Mexico) | More information
Naima Green (New Jersey) | More information
Portia Munson (New York) | More information
Session 3: April 2 to 30, 2025
Sponsored in part by Central Bank of The Bahamas, Lois Whitman Hess and Eliot Hess
Emily Velez Nelms (Connecticut) | More information
Marcelo Canevari (Argentina) | More information
Matthew David Rahming (Bahamas) | More information
Session 4: May 14 to June 11, 2025
Sponsored in part by Artis, Leslie and Michael Weissman
Gabriela Ruiz (California) | More information
Monsieur Zohore (Virginia) | More information
Navot Miller (Germany) | More information
Session 5: June 25 to July 23, 2025
Sponsored by Carlo and Micol Schejola Foundation
Isabella Mellado (Illinois) | More information In partnership with Young Arts
Jordan Craig (New Mexico) | More information
Sula Bermudez Silverman (California) | More information
Session 6: August 6 to September 3, 2025
Sponsored in part by Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz
Autumn Knight (New York) | More information
Joana Choumali (Cote d’Ivoire) | More information
Simon Benjamin (New York) | More information
Session 7: September 17 to October 15, 2025
Sponsored in part by Hesty Leibtag and Terry Verk
Anna Perach (United Kingdom) | More information
Camilo Restrepo (Colombia) | More information
Mamali Shafahi (Iran) | More information
For press inquiries, contact Nicole Martinez, Associate Director at nicole@fountainheadarts.org or 305-450-0414.
About Fountainhead
Fountainhead’s mission is to elevate the voices, visibility and value of artists in our society and make their work accessible in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Over the last 16 years, Fountainhead's programs have included its seminal artist residency program, local artists' studios complex and the county-wide open studios program Artists Open. Through the Fountainhead Residency, Fountainhead has welcomed over 550 artists from 49 different countries and myriad national and international cities to Miami; its programs serve over 300 artists annually and welcome thousands of patrons to engage with their work each year.
Major support for Fountainhead is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation, the Arison Arts Foundation, and others. Learn more at fountainheadarts.org.
